# The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 43: Couples: termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer


After regulation 21A insert—
“Couples: termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer
21B. (1) This regulation applies where—
(a) A and B are a couple,
(b) B is in receipt of welfare supplementary payment by virtue of A providing care for the caree, and
(c) A dies.
(2) Welfare supplementary payment must cease to be paid at the expiry of 8 weeks beginning with the Sunday following the death (or beginning with the date of the death if the death occurred on a Sunday).
(3) The period of payment must not exceed the time limit set out in—
(a) regulation 6(3),
(b) regulation 10(3),
(c) regulation 14(3), or
(d) regulation 18(3).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2017/9780338006882/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-43
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